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The summit itself, which is also known as High White Stones due to a smattering of grey boulders in the vicinity of the highest point, has an Ordnance Survey column and a large cairn which also doubles as a wind shelter; a ruined fence also crosses the summit plateau.The view is extensive as befits the central location with all major fell groups visible.The only disappointment is the Langdale Pikes, which seen from behind lack most of their distinctiveness.…

"I am an Egyptian woman of the humblest class."She was all in black, as befits a member of that class.The simple bodice, cut in a yoke, of the black muslin dress fitted her like a glove; the skirt fell in wide folds from the waist and swung about her ankles encircled by big brass rings, which clashed as she moved.…Cited from The Hawk of Egypt, by Joan Conquest

He should appear at court, and enter the service of his country, as befits a man of his station.Cited from Virginians, By William Makepeace Thackeray

To enable you to get a husband, one able to provide for you as befits your station.Cited from Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig by Phillips

The former library became the chapel, the official opening of which took place on 19 March 1967.For the first time the college had its own place of worship, as befits a church foundation.…

Shall we go in such state as befits a King?Cited from Heroes Every Child Should Know, by Hamilton Mabie

Where is the gain in pulling from the mind One thorn, if all the rest remain behind?If live you cannot as befits a man, Make room, at least, you may for those that can.…Cited from Satires, Epistles, and Art of Poetry, by Horace

Good Master Silence, it well befits you should be of the peace.Cited from King Henry IV, Part 2, by William Shakespeare

Let us seek Him with her, in bitterness and pain and distaste for the fault committed against our Creator, to condescend to the will of men.It befits us then to go to the Temple, and there He is found.Let our hearts, our minds, and desires be lifted up with this Company of Bitterness, and let us go to the Temple of our soul, and there we shall know ourselves.…Cited from Letters of Catherine Benincasa,Catherine Benincasa

Let the humblest of men, therefore, never cease to cherish and lift up his soul, even as though he were fully convinced that this soul of his should one day be called to console or gladden a God.When we think of preparing our soul, the preparation should never be other than befits a mission divine.In this domain only, and on this condition, can man truly give himself, can there be pre-eminent sacrifice.…Cited from Wisdom And Destiny, by Maurice Maeterlinck

He has not become so by the silent care which befits a real climber.Cited from The Golden Censer, by John McGovern

Father, as matter that befits a friend, But yet not me, that am too young to marry.Cited from A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Vol. VII (4th edn.), Various

As though the Kaisar knew not better than he what befits me!Then trying to buy my silence and my mother's gratitude with his hateful advance of gold.…Cited from The Dove in the Eagle's Nest, by Charlotte Yonge#7

As befits its status as a major main line junction, the station has regular & frequent services on all main routes.

Care for them, I pray thee, and bring them up as befits the children of a king.When the boy is grown and can bear a helm upon his head and wield a spear, I charge thee to make him king of Denmark.…Cited from Young Folks Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12), by Various

Such a plan of action is the republic -- the only one that befits the trying period of transformation.It is the government of passion, the government of crises, the government of revolutions.…Cited from History of the Girondists, Volume I, by Alphonse de Lamartine

And yet every work of ours ought to be done both without and with moderation: it befits us to love God without moderation, putting to that love neither limit nor measure nor rule, but loving Him immeasurably.And if thou wish to reach the perfection of love, it befits thee to set thy life in order.Let thy first rule be to flee the conversation of every human being, in so far as it is simply conversation, except as deeds of charity may demand; but to love people very much, and talk with few of them.…Cited from Letters of Catherine Benincasa,Catherine Benincasa

The bony ridge extending from above the eyes down the snout, as seen in other caiman, is present.The eyes are large, as befits its largely nocturnal activity, and brown in color.Mothers on guard near their nests are tormented by blood-sucking flies that gather around their vulnerable eyes leaving them bloodshot.…

It is a noble thing to say that your road is forward, and it befits a man of battles.General Ople was too loyal a gentleman to think of any other road.…Cited from Case of General Ople, by George Meredith

Most Western-world multicourse meals follow a standard sequence, influenced by traditional French haute cuisine.Each course is supposed to be designed with a particular size and genre that befits its place in the sequence.There are variations depending on location and custom.…